The role of preoperative D-dimer levels in diagnosing adnexal torsion in children and adolescents: a prospective monocentric pilot analysis
No association was observed between D-dimer levels and ovarian torsion in our cohort. Nonetheless, the sensitivity and specificity results lead us to believe that preoperative D-dimer levels could help surgeons in more accurately predicting the possibility of an adnexal torsion in children and adolescents, but this should not replace imaging studies and diagnostic laparoscopy especially in doubtful cases.
Authors
- Sonia Maita
- Marianna Iaquinto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2185-4470)
- Edoardo Guida (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4901-2515)
- Daniela Codrich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2925-8876)
- Alessandro Boscarelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1934-1764)
- Maria-Grazia Scarpa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4421-8194)
- Manuela Giangreco (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4479-3087)
- Jürgen Schleef (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9754-2479)
- Damiana Olenik
- Carmen Campilongo
- Elena Valvo
- Virginia Masiello
Institutions
- University of Trieste (IT)
- IRCCS Materno Infantile Burlo Garofolo (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Medicine
- Published
- 2025-11-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2025.1706633
- Primary Topic
- Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00